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Kidney transplant recipients' attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination and barriers and enablers to vaccine acceptance.

Dhakshayini TharmarajClaire DendleKevan R PolkinghorneWilliam R Mulley
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)
Concerns about vaccine safety (including harm to transplant), poor vaccine efficacy, and lack of rigorous testing were barriers to vaccine uptake. Most undecided recipients would proceed with vaccination with specific recommendations and vaccine information provided by their transplant specialist/team. These simple interventions can be readily implemented to optimize vaccine uptake.
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